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Both sentences are correct. The word "人" is added to add emphasis to the physical location of the person.

You can take 你现在在哪里？ to mean "Where are you now?"

And 你现在人在哪里？ to mean "What is your current physical location?"

The former is normally used when the asker and the subject are within the same locality (e.g in a shopping mall). The latter is often used when the asker and the subject are far away from each other (e.g. in different countries).

I believe in english you could also say "where is your person"? But sounds very formal. In on-flight safety videos they use instruct passengers "remove sharp objects from your person" in case of emergency landing.
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Niklas BerglundAug 27 '12 at 7:59

Welcome to the site, and thanks for your answer. Answering in Chinese is OK, but try to add a small English translation if you can, especially if the question was in English.
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Don Kirkby♦Sep 27 '12 at 20:12

Oh, so "你现在在哪里？" can be used to mean "where are you [intellectually]"? Is it in the sense of "what are you thinking about right now" or "what do you think now [about that issue we talked about earlier]"? I'm guessing the latter..?
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dr Hannibal LecterAug 28 '12 at 15:02

That's my understanding, although it isn't often used that way.
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Tom AuAug 28 '12 at 15:04

Also, is it necessary to separate the two 在s? Or is it just something which makes you sound more natural or "more native"?
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dr Hannibal LecterAug 28 '12 at 15:04